Revolution: Heartworm, Flea, & Parasite Prevention
Active dogs spend time running through the bush, sniffing in the undergrowth, and exploring the wilderness. When you take your dog hiking, camping, walking, or trekking, your dog is at risk for catching heartworm, fleas, ticks, and various parasites.
As I was bringing my dogs down to live with me in the Mexican jungle, I knew ticks and fleas were going to be a big problem. I talked to my vet and he recommended using Revolution.
Revolution is an FDA approved, topically applied medication that prevents fleas, ticks, heartworm, mange, and ear mites. Once a month, you simply apply a small amount of Revolution to the skin of your pet’s neck. The body absorbs the medication and your pet is protected for one month.
In Mexico we lived in a home that didn’t have four walls and the dogs were offleash almost all the time. They liked to run off in the bush to sniff around, chase chickens and other animals into the trees, and generally ran amuck. Without a prevention plan, the dogs would have been infested with ticks and fleas. We were living in the jungle where it wasn’t unusual to find tick balls in the bush, huge piles of ticks just waiting for a creature to brush past!
With treatment once per month with Revolution, the dogs still came home with a few ticks now and again, and I did discover one flea, but overall it’s been a very effective method of protection against pests and parasites.
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